provenience

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I mean, I’ve heard of provenance — the unbroken chain of ownership of, say, an old master painting or Tang dynasty vase — but provenience?

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2015

However, there is still no definitive word on the masks’ provenience and they say their detective work will continue.

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2015

Indeed, there is usually no sound reason why rights based on public grant should be regarded as more sacrosanct than rights which involve the same subject matter but are of different provenience.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel

Before attempting to decide anything concerning the provenience of these two tales, we shall first examine versions of the story from other parts of the world.

From Filipino Popular Tales by Fansler, Dean Spruill

The inscription was on a small cippus, and was seen in a great many different places, so no argument can be drawn from its provenience.

From A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste by Magoffin, Ralph Van Deman